Dutch organ culture is doing well: there are many impressive organs, many recitals and good magazines.

Thesis 2

Dutch organ culture is doing not so well: important organs are played less often than
before, the average age of organ enthusiasts is increasing.

Thesis 3

People tend to leave the church easier than they do
organs: whereas the church formerly stimulated interest in organ culture, it does quite the opposite
now.

Thesis 4

Even the queen of instruments is not any more what she was before: the organ is not needed any more for music in large halls.

Thesis 5

Organ recitals alone will not do the trick: they have lost their
function.

Thesis 6

New functional use of organs should be developed as soon as possible: organ music should be integrated into occasions like
expositions, symposia etc., as they require exactly the kind of ritual that the organ is best fit
for.